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Crate Digging with Eugene Holley, Jr.
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Writer Eugene Holley--Wilmington's own--is one who's always first-rate commentary I take personal pride in. I've watched his development closely, ever since we worked together in developing the National Jazz Service Organization during the first stages of my directorship. Eugene's latest liner notes enhance NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal's superblatest record “A Quiet Time" (Dreyfus). Eugene has always been someone with a great thirst for the music in its recorded medium, including vintage vinyl, so it was a natural for him ...
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Roll out the Rolaids
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Visa Views
THE LOW DOWN ON SPONSORS: Surprise! YOU cannot file for an artist visa for yourself. Here's where the “sponsor" comes in. Sponsors are absolutely necessary to sign documents prepared by your attorney, after you put together as much information about your career as possible. That is, if the attorney believes you have enough proof of your excellence in your field.As so many clients have told me, finding a sponsor is like finding a ...
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Amanda Palmer: "Artists Have Always Needed to Fund Themselves"
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HypeBot
“Asking for money is generally considered shameful in the art and music world... this cultural ideal about artists and how they shouldn't touch money because it strips away the integrity of their art. But that's obviously bullshit, especially if you look throughout history and see that artists have ALWAYS needed to fund themselves and their work creatively, sneakily, with gusto and with shamelessness.
The only mistake I think I've made is not making the connection sooner....I think I was still ...
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Soundexchange Explains $200 Million Bank Balance
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HypeBot
Digital Music News vs. SoundExchange
Last week, Digital Music news reported that SoundExchange was holding $200 million in unpaid royalties due to artists. “"According to IRS returns," wrote DMN. “SoundExchange was holding the bag on a 'fund balance' of nearly $260 million by the tail end of 2008. Subsequently, SoundExchange executive Laura Williams told DMN that the figure was closer to $200 million at the beginning of 2009 because of ongoing payouts. The organization could not offer more up-to-date figures, ...
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Did the Rolling Stones' Music Go Downhill After the Beatles Broke Up?
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Michael Ricci
Reader Neil McCarthy responded to my recent interview with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards about the expanded reissue of the Rolling Stones 1972 album Exile on Main St. with an intriguing theory thats been voiced by others over the years.
In short, McCarthy thinks the Stones music started on a downhill slide around 1970, when the Beatles broke up and he suggests that was no coincidence.
“I've never felt Exile was anything but a sloppy attempt to match the Beatles ...
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U2 and Christina Aguilera Postpone Summer Tours
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Michael Ricci
Between the time most pop music fans ended their workdays on Monday and clocked in the next morning, two of the summers biggest tours vanished from the calendar: U2 postponed 16 shows, and Christina Aguilera put off 20.
Cancellations and postponements happen every year. But the loss of two prominent tours prompted a quick response from fans, gossipmongers and even Wall Street analysts. Live Nation, the promoter of both tours, merged with Ticketmaster earlier this year, and as it begins ...
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U.S. Inquiry on Apple Music Tactics
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Michael Ricci
The Justice Department is examining Apples tactics in the market for digital music and has sent staff members to talk to a number of major music labels and Internet music companies, according to several people briefed on the conversations.
The inquiry is in the very early stages, these people say, and the conversations have revolved broadly around the dynamics of selling music online. But people briefed on the inquiries also said investigators asked in particular about recent allegations that Apple ...
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